Heel for foot-gear.



S. SZEKPU.

HEEL FOB FOOTGEAB? APPLICATION Mum ran. a, 191;.

Patented June 9, 1914,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

fiTElfHEN SZEKFU, 0F ELLIENSBURG, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO VICTOR E. MUNZ, 0F ELLENSBURG, WASHINGTON.

HEEL non FOOT-GEAR.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1914.

Application ma rebr'fiar a, 1914'. Serial No. 816,274.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known, that I, STEPHEN SZEKFU, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Ellensburg, in the county of Kittitas and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heels for Foot-Gear, .of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention. relates to heels for footgear, and has for'its object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a heel forvboots, shoes and slippers to overcome the wearing oil of the heel at the sides or at the rear, or in other words to prevent what may be termed run-over heels when wearing a shoe provided with a heel in accordance with this invention.

A further object of the invention is to rovide a heel, whether high or low, for ootgear, in a manner as hereinafter set forth to provide a square foundation causing the wearer tostep straight due to the fact that the heel sets firmly and squarely so that the wearer cannot turn the ball of the foot thereby overcoming what may be termed run-over heels.

A further object of the invention is to provide a heel, whether high or low, for mens, ladies and childrens footgear, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, to prevent what is termed run-over heels and to further provide a heel for the purpose set forth which can be constructed of leather, paper, wood, metal and rubber.

' Further objects of the invention are to rovide a heel for footgear, which is simple 1n its construction and arrangement, afford ing a square foundation to the wearer of the shoe, strong, durable, thoroughly efficient in its use and inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the'accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the mvention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views :-Figure 1 is a perspective view, Fig. 2 an end elevation and :Flg. 3 a bottom plan of one form of a heel for footgear-in accordancewith this invention, Fig. 4: is an endelevation and 'Fig. 5 an inverted plan of another form of heel for footgear in accordance with this. invent on, Flg. 6 1s a perspective view,'Fig. 7 an inverted plan, and Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of another form of heel for footgear in accordance with this invention.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings, 9 denotes the body portion of a shoe provided with a heel referred to generally by the reference character 10. The lower lift 11 of the heel has the rear edge 12 squared and extends in a straight line from end to end and at the points of mergence between 'sald edge 12 and the rear ends of the side edges 13 of the lift, pointed corners 14 are provided. The major portion of the rear of the heel is flat as at 15 and extends downwardly and forwardly at an inclination and the ma or portion of each side of the heel is fiat as at 16 and extends downwardly and inwardly at an inclination. Above the pointed corners 14:, the rear of the heel is rounded as at 17. By constructing the lift 11 in the manner as stated, a square foundation is set up and which will cause the wearer of the shoe to step straight and which will also prevent the wearer from turning the ball of the foot.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, the heel is indicated by the reference character 18 and the lower lift thereof by the reference character 19. The rear edge 20 of the lift 19 is straight from end to end. The sides 21 of the heel 18 are rounded and the rear heel is flat as at 22 and extends downwardly and forwardly at an inclination. The rear edge 20 of the lift 19 provides a square foundation for the wearer of whereby the forward portion of the lift 23 will be of less width than the rear portion. The points of mergence between the edge 24 and the edges 25 provide sharp corners 26. The rear portion 27 of the heel 23 is flat and extends downwardly and forwardly at an inclination and the side portions 28 are flat and each extend downwardly and inwardly at an inclination. The rear portion of the heel 23 above the corners 26 is rounded as at 29. The setting up of the lift 23 in the manner as stated provides a square foundation and prevents the wearer of the shoe from turning on the ball of the foot and furthermore compels the wearertostep straight.

In Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings, a low heel construction is set up while in Fig. 6 a high heel construction is shown.

. STEPHEN SZEKFU.

Witnesses: I

E. K. BROWN, L. LANGLEY. 

